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May 22, 2013
[W/VIDEO] Anaheim Police Helicopter Drowns Out Candlelight Vigil for Victims of Police Shootings
A candlelight vigil took place last night on West Guinida Lane in Anaheim in memory of David Raya and Joel Acevedo, two young men killed in officer-involved shootings not too far from each other during the summers of 2011 and 2012 respectively. Raya's killing was ruled justified by the Orange County ... More >>
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May 15, 2013
Jose Moreno, Los Amigos President, Seeks to Honor Retiring Anaheim Police Chief
Early on during the six-hour long Anaheim city council meeting last night, retiring police chief John Welter received a formal recognition from the dais. His nine-year career as head of the force effectively ends tomorrow; deputy chief Raul Quezada--surprise, surprise: a Mexi!--will take his place o ... More >>
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March 20, 2013
BREAKING: OC DA Rules Killing of Manuel Diaz by Anaheim Police Last Year Justified
Gabriel San Román is at a press conference right now by Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackackaus in which the DA has ruled that last year's killing of Manuel Angel Diaz by the Anaheim Police Department was justified. "It is our legal opinion that the evidence does not support a finding of ... More >>
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February 20, 2013
[UPDATED with Charges:] Bruce Allen Ohlwine Held in Murder of Wife Saori Ohlwine in Hotel
See Update No. 2 on page 2 with the murder charges identifying the victim.See Update No. 1 on the next page with the police identification of the suspect and the crime-scene hotel.ORIGINAL POST, FEB. 13, 11:11 A.M.: It sounds like the beginning of a late-night-TV whodunit: Cops arrive at a hotel to ... More >>
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January 17, 2013
Newly Announced Anaheim Gang Injunction Includes Anna Drive Neighborhood
The Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA) secured its 12th overall injunction yesterday when it serviced an unnamed violent Anaheim street gang. The measure marks the fourth in the city alone and will be enforced by its police department. A one-square mile area designates the boundaries of ... More >>
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January 15, 2013
Disney Cast Member is Speed Bump for Anaheim Cop
How did the Disney cast member cross the road?Poorly.The unidentified woman was struck by a car driven by an undercover Anaheim police officer last night.
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December 20, 2012
Craig Hunter, Controversial Anaheim Deputy Police Chief, Retires
At a ceremony held earlier today, Deputy Police Chief Craig Hunter retired from the Anaheim Police Department. His career with the force dates back 30 years, to 1982, and saw him rise from the ranks to the top brass. More recently in 2010, he made an unsuccessful bid as a candidate for Orange County ... More >>
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October 30, 2012
Hispanic Prison Gang "Taxed" Street Thugs and Drug Dealers, Reads Indictment of 11
Read my lips: no new taxes . . . imposed by Hispanic prison gangs on street thugs and drug dealers. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Anaheim Police Department and the Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA) endorse that message, as their joint investigation netted seven men and ... More >>
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October 18, 2012
[UPDATED with I.D., Media Racism Charge:] Joshua Aguirre, OC Homicide No. 38: Fatal Stabbing Begins Day of Violence in Anacrime
See the update at the end of this post with the dead young man's name and a college staff member's accusation of local media racism.ORIGINAL POST, OCT. 1, 9 A.M.: Two men walking along West Ball Road near South Roberts Street in Anaheim early Saturday discovered a man who had been stabbed and was cl ... More >>
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October 7, 2012
Explosion Rocks Anaheim Hotel Prompting Evacuations and Bomb Squad Deployment
A large explosion startled residents of the Rainbow Hotel in the 800 block of south Beach Boulevard in Anaheim early this morning, prompting the evacuation of three buildings and the deployment of the Orange County Sheriff's bomb squad. According to Anaheim Police Spokesman Sgt. Bob Dunn, at a ... More >>
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October 1, 2012
Governor Jerry Brown's Actions on Immigrant Legislation Draws Ire from Advocates
With a midnight deadline looming, Governor Jerry Brown vetoed the Trust Act yesterday calling it "fatally flawed" while singing into law legislation on driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants who obtain work permits under President Obama's deferred action policy. The National Day Laborer Organ ... More >>
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August 29, 2012
[UPDATED with Driver's I.D.:] Fullerton Police Kill Christopher Shull After Chase
See the update at the end of this post identifying the driver.ORIGINAL POST, AUG. 28, 10:21 A.M.: A police chase that began early today on the 5 freeway near the 91 freeway interchange ended at a (literal) dead end near Palo Verde Avenue and Artesia Boulevard in Bellflower around 3 a.m., when an off ... More >>
News
August 2, 2012
Dispatches From Anaheimistan
A week after shootings that roiled the city, Anaheim still looks like a warzone
Blogs
July 30, 2012
[UPDATED w/ Photos of Cameras] Sister of Martin Hernandez Says DA Office Told Her Mother There's No Surveillance Footage of Fatal Shooting
Click here for our Anaheim police shooting archivesUPDATE, JULY 27, 2:37 P.M.: The fatal officer-involved shooting in an alley that ended the life of Martin Angel Hernandez earlier this year provoked differing accounts from the community and the Anaheim Police Department simmering tensions tha ... More >>
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July 29, 2012
Anaheim Police Arrest Protesters; Angrily Point Rifles at Photographers
Just after 3 p.m. in Anaheim, law enforcement officers knocked down an unarmed male protester in the street for an as yet known reason and police--some oddly wearing military combat equipment and camouflage--reacted with hostility to citizens who tried to film the event.While two officers handcuf ... More >>
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July 26, 2012
Theresa Smith, Mother of Caesar Cruz Shot by Anaheim Police in 2009, Speaks Out About Riots
Theresa Smith has been peacefully demonstrating outside of the Anaheim Police Department ever since her son, 35-year-old father of five Caesar Cruz, was shot by Anaheim Police on Dec. 11, 2009. Since the weekend, the city has seen protests and civil unrest as residents have taken to the streets ... More >>
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July 23, 2012
[UPDATE: PHOTO OF BODY WITH GUN] Anaheim Police Department Kill Another Man After Day of Protests
Updated, with info at the end of this post.WATCH VIDEO OF IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF ANAHEIM POLICE SHOOTING MANUEL DIAZ TO DEATH HERE.ORIGINAL POST, JULY 23, 12:32 A.M.: A source is telling OC Weekly five shots were heard as another man was shot by police and believed to be dead. A resident of the neig ... More >>
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May 30, 2012
Anaheim Gets Its First Cop Block!
OWS Facebook PageIt looks like Anaheim got its very first entry on citizen vigilante website Cop Block.Not so fast though--it does not concern the Anaheim Police Department, which sees at least a half dozen people demonstrating against deadly excessive force in front of their department every S ... More >>
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May 17, 2012
Hector Omar Rocha, OC Homicide No. 17: Another Shot in Front of Anaheim Apartments
This phrase should be saved on a hot key, it's been typed so much this year: police, responding to a call of gunfire, found a man shot up in front of an apartment complex. The latest victim was Hector Omar Rocha, who was gunned down Tuesday evening in the 900 block of West Lodge Avenue in Anaheim, ... More >>
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April 25, 2012
Sobering Times for Pill Poppers: "Generation Rx," National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day
Prescription drug abuse by South County teens has been a hot topic lately thanks to the documentary Behind the Orange Curtain making its world premiere May 2 at the Newport Beach Film Festival and, due to a sell out, getting a second showing May 3 in the huge Big Newport theater.That makes a couple ... More >>
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March 13, 2012
New Account Emerges of How Martin Angel Hernandez Died at the Hands of Anaheim Cops
Less than a mile away from the Anaheim GardenWalk, hundreds of community residents gathered at Ponderosa Park for a march and protest Saturday night. Their concerns were not that of a hotly contested tax giveaway for a future hotel development project in the city, but an Anaheim police officer-in ... More >>
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March 7, 2012
Martin Angel Hernandez, Killed by Anaheim Cop, Sought Better Life: Family
Anaheim Police say an officer Tuesday night shot and killed a gunman, whose family reportedly identified him as Martin Angel Hernandez, a 21-year-old father who was said to be trying to turn his life around since being released from jail in December. An unfired shotgun was found next to Hernandez ... More >>
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February 29, 2012
[UPDATED with Charges:] Italo Rajot Boone Accused of Sexing Up, Pimping Runaway Girl
UPDATE, FEB. 29, 5:58 P.M.: Oakland pimp Italo Rajot Boone faces more than 15 years in state prison if the 34-year-old is convicted of sexually assaulting and pimping a 15-year-old girl who ran away from home. In announcing Boone's arraignment in Fullerton today and $1 million bail, the Orange ... More >>
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February 20, 2012
[UPDATED with Mickey Mouse Reaction:] Glenn Horlacher Popped for Being Boozy Terror at Disney's Tower of Terror
UPDATE, FEB. 20, 2:44 P.M.: Disney Resort officials released a statement saying the booze-fueled incident next to the Tower of Terror Saturday was "uncharacteristic" for the California Adventure theme park in Anaheim.The Mouseketeers are right about this: no characters in costumes were involved . ... More >>
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February 3, 2012
[UPDATED with More Participating Cop Shops:] Super Bowl Sunday Flex Defense Employed Against Offensive Boozers Behind the Wheel
UPDATE, FEB. 3, 4:27 P.M.: According to a release this afternoon from the Anaheim Police Department, that agency and 13 others are taking part in the previously announced countywide law enforcement patrols targeting drunken drivers on Super Bowl Sunday. That now makes it an "Avoid the 26" operati ... More >>
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February 3, 2012
Cops, Church, Advocates and Crisis Counselors to Meet with Public About Homeless Killings
With more murders expected to bring more charges against a Yorba Linda man accused to preying on homeless men in North County (see this post), the multi-agency Homeless Homicide Task Force is joining forces with the Community Service Programs (CSP) Crisis Response Team, the Orange County Rescue M ... More >>
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January 25, 2012
[UPDATED with I.D.:] Cop Fatally Shoots Man Wielding a Knife and Bible in Anaheim Police Parking Lot: Report
UPDATE, JAN. 25, 8:50 A.M.: Apologies for catching up on some updates I missed due to being out sick the weekend through Monday and having no time to get to them until now, but the man shot and killed by a cop in the parking lot of the Anaheim Police east station last week has been identified as ... More >>
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January 18, 2012
10 Revelations in Case Against Itzcoatl Ocampo, Orange County's Accused Serial Killer
Accused Orange County serial killer Itzcoatl Ocampo appeared at his arraignment this morning but entered no plea to charges that could bring the death penalty as the hearing was postponed until Feb. 17. Given the amount of media heat generated, it's difficult to fathom anything new coming from th ... More >>
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January 17, 2012
[UPDATED with All-Clear:] "Bomb" Package Left at Social Security Office
UPDATE, JAN. 17, 3:32 P.M.: The Orange County Sheriff's Department bomb squad gave the all-clear this morning after examining the suspicious package with "bomb" written across it outside the Social Security Administration office in Anaheim.Reassuring: Anaheim Police say the package contained no b ... More >>
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December 15, 2011
[UPDATED with Victim's Silver Lexus Sought:] David Zickman, OC Homicide No. 59: Found Shot Dead on Dogwood
UPDATE, DEC. 15, 3:37 P.M.: Homicide investigators have determined that not only is the killer of David Zickman no where to be found, neither is the 2008 Silver Lexus that belonged to the 28-year-old Anaheim resident. The public's help is being sought in finding the four-dour Lexus IS250 with Cal ... More >>
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December 5, 2011
Kainat Syeda Gets Jail, Probation and Huge Restitution Bill for Stealing $225,000 in Tow Fees as Anaheim Police Cadet
A former Anaheim Police Department cadet who stole more than $225,000 in cash fees paid to the City of Anaheim for the release of impounded vehicles got a year in jail and five years probation at her sentencing last week. Kainat Syeda, 24, of Buena Park, was also ordered to pay $225,000 in restit ... More >>
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November 17, 2011
[UPDATED With Girl Found, Arrest:] Jacqueline Martinez, 14, is Missing, So Her Family and Anaheim Police Seek Public's Help
UPDATE, NOV. 17, 9:32 A.M.: Fourteen-year-old Jacqueline Martinez of Anaheim has been found and an arrest has been made, according to the official Find Jackie Martinez Facebook page.More details coming . . .UPDATE, NOV. 10, 4:03 P.M.: The official Find Jackie Martinez Facebook page has posted det ... More >>
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April 12, 2011
Beating of Dodgers Fans at Angel Stadium Reported 3 Days Before Attack on Giants Fan at Dodger Stadium
The eyes of the sports world, especially in Los Angeles and San Francisco, have been focused on the beating of Giants fan Bryan Stow at Dodger Stadium on April 1.What has received far less notice was the beating of a pregnant woman and her brother, apparent Dodger fans, at Angel Stadium three nig ... More >>
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February 22, 2011
Travis S. Mock Shot by Cop One Day, Arrested the Next
There was an old Saturday Night Live skit spoofing '70s cop shows that had officers in plainclothes bursting through a door, repeatedly firing their weapons at the perp inside and then yelling at the bullet-riddled corpse, "Freeze!"That image comes to mind when hearing about the hospital-bed arre ... More >>
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January 28, 2011
[UPDATED] Yeon Woo Lee, OC Homicide No. 2: Visiting Korean Shot to Death, Possibly Over Business Flap
Beong Kwun ChoUPDATE, JAN. 28, 4:17 P.M.: 51-year-old Beong Kwun Cho did not enter a plea to charges he murdered his childhood friend Yeon Woo Lee because today's scheduled arraignment was continued to Feb. 18.The Cerritos resident is charged with one felony count of murder with a sentencing enh ... More >>
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January 21, 2011
Don't Drink and Drive--Especially Through Anaheim and Garden Grove DUI Checkpoints Saturday Night
If you're thinking of snaking through Garden Grove to avoid Anaheim's DUI checkpoint Saturday night (or vice versa) think again: Police from both towns will be stopping cars in search of unlicensed drivers and drunks behind the wheel.First up is Anaheim, at 100 E. Lincoln Ave. between the hours o ... More >>
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December 14, 2010
[UPDATED:] Angel Duarte Cerna Convicted of Murdering His Wife of Seven Months
Courtesy of OCDAAngel Duarte CernaUpdate, December 14, 2:54 p.m.: A jury today convicted Angel Duarte Cerna, 38, of Santa Ana, for the suffocation murder of his wife, whose body was dumped alongside the 60 Freeway in Los Angeles in 2006.After doing the dirty deed that Nov. 6, 2006, morning, Cern ... More >>
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July 7, 2010
DA Announces Second Anaheim Gang Injunction
CORRECTION: The Orange County District Attorney's Office just sent this over: "The Safety Zone is primarily located north of Katella Avenue, east of Nutwood Street, south of Ball Road, and west of Disneyland Drive." Ah, summer: the season of flip-flops, sundresses . . . gang injunctions.The Orang ... More >>
News
July 1, 2010
A Stunner From Sheriff Hutchens
[Moxley Confidential] Documents reveal she found a deputy Taser incident to be absolutely shocking
Blogs
May 18, 2010
Bradley Stewart Wagner, Ex-Anaheim Cop, Convicted of Threatening Women With Deportation if They Did Not Have Sex With Him
To hear supporters of Arizona's controversial immigration law tell it, local law enforcement officers will do no more than follow federal law in arresting people who are in this country illegally.Those arguments assume these are "good cops" they're talking about. You don't hear much about "bad co ... More >>
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April 28, 2010
Kevin Noel Schlueter, Former Anaheim Cop Pleads Guilty to 3 DUIs and Gets Treatment, Home Confinement, Probation
It's not often that the Orange County District Attorney's Office issues a press statement about a conviction that's immediately followed by a correction from a local police agency, but one such squad found it necessary to send one today when it came to Kevin Noel Schlueter, the 37-year-old police ... More >>
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March 4, 2010
Police Chase That Began in Tustin Ends at LAX
The chase ended just up ahead.A police chase that began with a residential burglary report out of the Peppertree Homes subdivision in Tustin seems to have just ended in the Sepulveda Avenue tunnel under the overpass that jetliners cross at the LAX south runway complex.Tustin Police Sgt. Jeff Blai ... More >>
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February 3, 2010
Dishney: Woman Groped While Riding Tower of Terror
Scott Brinegar/DisneylandAnaheim Police are currently trying to identify a man who is suspected of groping a woman while riding Disney's California Adventure's thriller ride Tower of Terror on Fri., Jan 30. The Mercury News is reporting that the woman thinks the man sitting to the left of her on ... More >>
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February 3, 2010
Dishney: Woman Groped While Riding the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
Scott Brinegar/DisneylandAnaheim Police are currently trying to identify a man who is suspected of groping a woman while riding Disney's California Adventure's thriller ride The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror on Fri., Jan 30. The Mercury News is reporting that the woman believes that the man sitti ... More >>
Blogs
October 1, 2009
UPDATED WITH SUSPECT SHOT DEAD: Just Another Orange County (Double) Murder: Heather Courtney Sorensen and Stephen Rene Serna
UPDATED WITH POLICE KILLING OF MURDER SUSPECT, ID's OF HIS ALLEGED VICTIMS, CORRECTION . . . View Larger MapCourtesy of Anaheim Police DepartmentDouble murder suspect Anthony Castillo was shot by police Wednesday evening and declared dead later that night.Anthony Castillo, the 31-year-old man wan ... More >>
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September 22, 2009
Just Another Orange County Murder: Mary Bowman
View Larger MapThe 40-year-old daughter of Mary Bowman, 75, called 9-1-1 about 8 p.m. Wednesday to say her mother was not feeling well. Paramedics at Bowman's condominium at 1700 West Cerritos Avenue in Anaheim to discover she was suffering from a major head injury. She was rushed to UCI Medical Cen ... More >>
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June 16, 2009
Crime Time: No Incidents at Home Plate Before Angel Game
Photos by Professional Services Responder George Ridley Olszynski, Lewellyn, Palmer and Hutchens play hardball.This week's Weekly round-up of local police calls is illustrated with a photo of Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, Anaheim Police Sgt. Greg Palmer, who is president of the Anaheim Pol ... More >>
Blogs
December 3, 2008
When Anaheim Mayors First Hung with the Mexicans
I had the pleasure of meeting former Anaheim mayor Bill Thom a couple of times at meetings of Los Amigos, the longtime Latino civil rights group he helped found in 1978. He always occupied a table near the front, a seat of honor unconsciously granted by other Los Amigos members for the gabacho polit ... More >>
News
September 20, 2001
Anaheim Spooks
Report shows police spied on activists who complained about cops
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